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Segments
Since UA and DL segment requirements for top tier elite aligns closer to US, their average segment length is relevant. If their avg segment length matches to US the argument holds. If it more closely matches or exceeds AA, then the logic fails.
Not necessarily a failure of logic as changes in the US network as time passed. US was once really a northeastern airline with a few routes outside of that. So making the FF program competitive - at that time - with the bigger airlines meant more segments for each status level that was based on miles. Even though US' network grew and shrank, the segment qualifier remained the same - not that the average stage length changed drastically.
Jim